March 26, 2026
Refocusing the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation on Achieving Deep Cost Reductions
Spending on Medicare and Medicaid is pushing the federal budget to the breaking point, but, in…
March 25, 2026
The More Things Change, Medicaid Edition
“Clinics” with suspect professional credentials running up bills for publicly-insured low-income patients. Outlandish claim volumes…
March 4, 2026
Reforming Health Care
Health care in the United States is generally excellent, but, in many cases, it is…
February 24, 2026
The Side Effects of the No Surprises Act
In the final days of the first Trump administration, Congress attached a long-debated measure—the No…
February 11, 2026
The Congressional Budget Office’s Updated Projections
With the Trump administration holding back key details of its budget outlook, it has been…
February 9, 2026
Medicaid’s Multiple Roles
Matt Weidinger’s December 2025 commentary argued persuasively that complexity has become an impediment to rational…
January 27, 2026
Assessing President Trump’s Plan to Lower Health Care Costs
Last week, the Trump White House released a plan to reduce health care costs that…
January 9, 2026
Improving Medicare Program Integrity
While the fraud scandal in Minnesota has set in motion renewed scrutiny of Medicaid and…
December 16, 2025
The House GOP Plays It Safe on Health Care
House Republican leaders have assembled a health care bill with familiar provisions as a counter…
December 9, 2025
Republicans Should Refine and Improve the Crapo-Cassidy Health Savings Account Proposal
Congressional Republicans have struggled for weeks to counter the Democratic push for an extension beyond…
November 26, 2025
On Health Care, the GOP Needs to Take Up First Principles
It is not surprising that Republicans are struggling to agree on whether to extend expiring…
November 13, 2025
Congress Should Look to Employer Health Coverage to Help Low-Wage Workers
For the first time since the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was enacted more than 15…